when is an integer not an integer?

[John Vokey]

The statement: set the randomseed to x is not consistent.  In both the  
Rev and MC documentation, x must be an integer.  So, for example, set  
the randomseed to the seconds works in the sense that a new and  
different sequence is subsequently generated by random and any  
statements.  But set the randomseed to the ticks, or set the  
randomseed to the milliseconds, both fail in that the same sequence is  
generated every time.  Yet, each of the ticks/the milliseconds/the  
seconds is an integer return true.  It appears clear that the  
randomseed property requires small integers (on the order of the  
seconds).  But, it is still the case that even though the ticks is an  
integer, is is too large of an integer for the randomseed property.

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